No QB announcement coming Saturday

The Broncos will wait until Sunday afternoon to make a final determination on which quarterback, Kyle Orton or Tim Tebow, will start against the Oakland Raiders. The team has until 90 minutes before kickoff to decide which players will be inactive.

Orton, Tebow and backup Brady Quinn are all traveling with the team to the Bay Area Saturday, and the team has not made any changes to the injury report, which lists Orton as questionable with a rib injury.

Orton was extremely limited in practice all week, going through only mental reps and not throwing, because of the injury to the left side of his rib cage. Tebow took the majority of the first-team snaps all week in Orton’s place, with Quinn getting a limited amount of work as the backup.

Tebow is prepared to start and the team has created a game plan with Tebow in mind. But if Orton’s ribs are feeling better by the time the team arrives at Oakland Coliseum on Sunday morning, Orton could still play.